Postal History

Exhibitor: Ron Brown

All known St Malo handstamps used on Channel Islands Mail are displayed

Class: Postal History

Exhibitor: Julian Bagwell

There are at least three types of ship letter markings relating to Guernsey: ship letters that arrived from overseas and which were landed at Guernsey to be put into the postal system and thus carried a Guernsey Ship Letter handstamp; letters addressed to Guernsey from abroad that were landed at a variety of ports and normally carried the Ship Letter handstamp of that port; and  letters from Guernsey to Great Britain or Ireland that were not put into the post in Guernsey but carried by ship to a mainland port. Examples of all three types, together with the various styles of Ship Letter handstamps, are exhibited

Class: Postal History

Exhibitor: John Goose

A tribute for Major Gumbley who was born in Guernsey. He was the inventor of the airmail letter card. Showing the aerogrammes issued by Guernsey 1969 to 1974. And a tribute from NZ who also issued a special aerogramme in 1980 - the centenary of his birth

Class: Postal History

Exhibitor: Steve Power

Shows examples of all five known date stamps, with examples of some unusual variations.

Class: Postal History

Exhibitor: Steve Power

Provides dates of known usage of the three date stamps used between 1843 and 1848, with illustrations of all the known covers recorded to date.

Class: Postal History

Exhibitor: Richard Flemming

Sixteen sheet display consisting of 6 items related to incoming Jersey Ship Letter mail; 5 items related to incoming Guernsey Ship Letter mail. Also included 1 item bearing SHIP handstamp from Wimborne to Jersey; 2 items of ship letter mail from Guernsey to the UK mainland and 2 items of mail bearing the FROM GUERNSEY handstamp.

Class: Postal History

Exhibitor: Richard Ashton

This exhibit is an extract from my Postal History collection of Guernsey. The earliest item is of 1799 to Thomas Batt in London. Batt had extensive sugar estates in Grenada. There are early variations of the concave and scroll \'GUERNSEY\' postmark. In the later period is a large entire from London with a pair of the 1841 2d and a circular \'TOO-LATE G.P.O.\' My particular favourite is a postcard of 1906 where a young sweetheart invites her boyfriend to meet together. In her naivete she addresses the card care of her swaine's mother!

Class: Postal History

Exhibitor: Bryan Elliston

A study of the various handstamps issued to the Guernsey Post Office to identify incoming items of mail which were to be classified as Ship Letters.

Class: Postal History

Exhibitor: Steve Power

Various postal rates are illustrated to different world-wide destinations, with all covers being tied by the Jersey duplex cancellation. The duplex cancellation sub-types are also explained.

Class: Postal History

Exhibitor: Nick Stuart

The display shows examples of the Postage Due Marks and Explanatory/Instructional Marks (Taxe and T marks and 'Liable to Letter Rate' marks) used in Guernsey from the 1800s to 1980s. It is in three sections: Postage Dues on local/inland mail; Postage Dues on overseas mail and Explanatory Charge Marks

Class: Postal History